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Coverdale

American  
[kuhv-er-deyl] / ˈkʌv ərˌdeɪl /

noun

  1. Miles, 1488–1569, English divine: translator of the Bible into English 1535.


Coverdale British  
/ ˈkʌvəˌdeɪl /

noun

  1. Miles. 1488–1568, the first translator of the complete Bible into English (1535)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Then health problems among the band members — including Coverdale — derailed that effort after only a couple of months.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2025

In 2023, Coverdale told Metal Edge that “things went squirrely” between him and Sykes and that “no matter how incredible of an album that we made together, we were unable to connect as people.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 21, 2025

Coverdale also shared other tributes to Marsden on social media.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2023

Ruth Ann Coverdale was born on Jan. 17, 1935, in Milford, Del., the youngest of five children, and was raised in nearby Slaughter Neck.

From New York Times Nov. 10, 2021

The English Bible, translated by Myles Coverdale from the Vulgate, and printed abroad in 1535.

From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn

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